German kindergarten for Muslim children is ordered to close over 'links to extremist ideology' - Daily Mail
Sunday, January 26, 2020German kindergarten for Muslim children is ordered to close over 'links to extremist ideology'The Al-Nur kindergarten in Mainz has been ordered to shut its doors by March 31The Islamic society which runs it was accused of hosting extremist preachersThe kindergarten's leadership has hit back, calling the decision a 'mystery' By Tim Stickings For Mailonline Published: 15:44 GMT, 12 February 2019 Updated: 16:12 GMT, 12 February 2019 A German kindergarten run by Muslim parents has been shut down over its alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood and extremist ideology. The Al-Nur kindergarten in Mainz, western Germany, will have to shut its doors by March 31 after losing its licence to operate. The mosque which runs the kindergarten was accused of hosting extremist preachers and distributing dangerous materials. The kindergarten's leadership has hit back at the decision, calling it a 'mystery', SWR reported. The Al-Nur kindergarten (pictured) in Mainz, western Germany, has been ordered to shut its doors over alleged links to extremist ideology The state of Rheinland-Pfalz has now declared t...https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6695791/German-kindergarten-Muslim-children-ordered-close-links-extremist-ideology.html
Dortmund crush Hannover 5-1 in German Bundesliga - Xinhua | English.news.cn - Xinhua
Sunday, March 3, 2019Bayer Leverkusen returned to winning ways through goals from Kai Havertz, Kevin Volland and Julian Brandt against Wolfsburg.
Quaison's second-half winner secured Mainz a 2-1 win over bottom side Nuremberg and Eintracht Frankfurt shared the spoils with Werder Bremen following a two-all draw.
The following fixtures conclude the 19th round on Sunday: Bayern Munich face Stuttgart and Fortuna Dusseldorf encounter Leipzig.
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Elvis Presley traffic lights appear in German town of Friedberg - DW (English)
Saturday, December 8, 2018Ampelmännchen in Berlin. Created in 1961 in what was then East Berlin, they now appear all over the united capital. The city of Augsburg now has the Kasperl puppet character in a pointed hat, Mainz has its own Mainzelmännchen, Bonn has Beethoven traffic lights and in Trier a small, chubby Karl Marx lets pedestrians know when to cross. The eastern town of Erfurt has had up to 14 different kinds of lights since the 1980s.
40 years after his death, Elvis reaches fans from beyond the grave From small town boy to household name Born in the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley began his career in Memphis, Tennessee. He is pictured here in 1954 while recording at the famous Sun Studio in Memphis, which also helped launch B.B. King's career. Quickly rising to fame, his first hit, "Heartbreak Hotel," propelled him into stardom in 1956.
40 years after his death, Elvis reaches fans from beyond the grave A GI in Germany Presley put his career on hold while serving in the US military in Germany from 1958 to 1960. Stationed in the small town of Friedberg, Presley stayed in a hotel in nearby Bad Nauheim instead of living in the barracks. There, he lived with an entourage: his grandmother, father and two body guards. Today, hotel guests can sleep in the Elvis Room, which was preserved to commemorate the King's stay.
40 years after his death, Elvis reaches fans from beyond the grave Made in Germany Although he was prohibited from performing during service, the King still found time to make music. Germany was the birthplace of two chart-toppers: "One Night" and "A Fool Such as I." He also gave global fame to the popular German folk song, "Muss I denn zum Städtele hinaus," or in English, "Wooden Heart." img itemprop="image" src="https://www.dw.com/image/16162468_303.jpg" title="Elvis Presley Museum opening (picture-...https://www.dw.com/en/elvis-presley-traffic-lights-appear-in-german-town-of-friedberg/a-46610723
Die Ringvorlesungen der Saar-Universität in der 28. Kalenderwoche
Saturday, July 14, 2018Phasen dieser Wiederentdeckung Hermann Hesses im Kontext der 68-Bewegung nach und diskutiert, welche Aspekte seines Denkens und Schreibens hierzu beigetragen haben.Veranstaltungsort: Filmhaus, Mainzer Straße 8, 66111 SaarbrückenKontakt: Professor Dr. Sikander Singh, E-Mail: s.singh@sulb.uni-saarland.de, http://literaturarchiv.uni-saarland.de/de/ringvorlesung/2. Ringvorlesung zur Fußballkultur:Montag, 9. Juli, 16 Uhr: „Fußball und Journalismus(Roman Bonnaire, Saarländischer Rundfunk) Veranstaltungsort: Campus B3 1, Hörsaal IIIKontakt: Jörn Wüstenberg, Tel.: 0681 302-2203, E-Mail: joern.wuestenberg@uni-saarland.dehttps://www.uni-saarland.de/einrichtung/optionalbereich/aktuelles.html3. Ringvorlesung über „Europäische Traumkulturen:Dienstag, 10. Juli, 18 Uhr: „Struktur und Semantik des Traums in literarischen Texten(Prof. Dr. Renate Lachmann, Universität Konstanz)Veranstaltungsort: Campus B3 1, Hörsaal IIKontakt: Prof. Dr. phil Janett Reinstädler, Romanistik, Tel.: 0681 302-3514 (-2335), E-Mail: reinstaedler@mx.uni-saarland.dehttp://www.traumkulturen.de4. Ringvorlesung „Erinnerung und Aufbruch. Das europäische Kulturerbe im Saarland nach 1945Mittwoch, 11. Juli, 18 Uhr: „Aufbruch in die Mobilität? Entstehung und Wahrnehmung der Saarbrücker Stadtautobahn(Prof. Barbara Krug-Richter, Historische Anthropologie, Universität des Saarlandes)Saarbrücken ist eine autogerechte Stadt. Autos sind gefühlt überall, auf den vielen Straßen und Parkplätzen und vor allem auf der Stadtautobahn. Diese verbannt die Saar in ein enges Bett und teilt die vergleichsweise kleine Großstadt deutlich sichtbar in zwei Teile. Vor allem der Blick von oben demonstriert das Ausmaß dieses Eingriffs in die Stadtstrukturen, das in seiner Entstehungszeit vor allem dem Wunsch nach Modernität und Mobilität geschuldet war. Als die Stadtautobahn im Jahre 1963 eröffnet wurde, galt sie als Signum einer neuen Zeit, die auch die Möglichkeit eröffnete, das schöne Saarland mit dem Auto zu erkunden. Heute dokumentiert sie ein gigantisch gestiegenes Verkehrsaufkommen und gilt vielen als zerstörerisches Element einer Stadtplanung, das man vor einigen Jahren sogar unter einem Tunnel verschwinden lassen wollte zugunsten einer grünen „Stadtmitte am Fluss. Der Vortrag fragt nach der Geschichte und Gegenwart der Saarbrücker Stadtautobahn und konzentriert sich dabei vor allem auf deren Wahrnehmung durch Einheimische wie Fremde.Veranstaltungsort: Pingusson-Bau, Hohenzollernstraße 60/Keplerstraße 21, 66117 SaarbrückenKontakt: Salvatore Pisani, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Tel. 0681 302-3317, E-Mail: s.pisani@mx.uni-saarland.de5. Ringvorlesung über Fantastik:Mittwoch, 11. Juli, 18.30 Uhr: EPIC EMPIRES - Ein Internationaler LARP-Magnet aus dem Saarland(Andreas Plöger, PopRat Saarland)„Epic empires wurde 2009 von einem Freundeskreis saarländischer Liverollenspiel-Enthusiasten ins Leben gerufen und ist die drittgrößte LARP-Veranstaltung (Live Action Role Playing) im deutschsprachigen Raum. Ausgerichtet auf dem „Bexbacher Utopion, zieht die rein ehrenamtlich organisierte „Con (abgekürzt für „Convention) jährlich bis zu 1300 Spieler aus Deutschland und dem europäischen Ausland an. Als „LARP für Erwachsene hat „Epic empires eine Nische besetzt und gilt mit ihrem hohen Anspruch an Darstellung, Outfits und Ambiente als Pionier und Trendsetter in der Szen...http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=305E4582AC08410EA34CEF3A65D3C1ED&url=https%3a%2f%2fidw-online.de%2fde%2fnews699038&c=13447527063676318532&mkt=de-de
She Believes Trees Will Save Germany — If She Can Save the Trees - OZY
Sunday, January 26, 2020Klöckner’s thesis, therefore, is simple: Save the forests, and they’ll save Germany.
Klöckner as German Wine Queen.
Blonde and quick to grin, Klöckner, 46, was born in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and got into politics early, shortly after her yearlong reign as German Wine Queen, a position that’s sort of like Miss America but for German wine. Before the age of 30, she was a member of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel’s ruling party. In 2012, she was elected as one of the deputy chairpersons of the national party. By 2016, she was running for Minister-President (governor) of Rhineland-Palatinate. Articles touted her as a potential successor to Merkel. And then she lost.
she has the difficult job of juggling these different interests and keeping everybody happy.Joachim Curtius, professor of geosciences at Goethe University
Klöckner’s more conservative than Merkel in some ways, a trait that hasn’t always served her well electorally. Her opposition to Merkel’s open-door asylum policy is widely blamed as a factor in her losing her 2016 race, and as recently as this year, she called for a burqa ban in Germany. Still, while the ultraconservative AfD party has wholeheartedly embraced climate change denial, Klöckner — as minister of food and agriculture — doesn’t have the luxury of ignoring scientific evidence. “The climate change has hit us much faster than expected,” she said at a forest summit last month, and while the scientific community might argue that it was definitely expected, she’s now gearing up for battle against the conditions that are destroying the forests.
“Climate change isn’t German; it isn’t going to be solved in Germany. None of the existing policies around the world are up to the scale of the challenge,” says Britta Fri...https://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/she-believes-trees-will-save-germany-if-she-can-save-the-trees/221908/
Germany's second-highest traffic bridge opens - DW (English)
Sunday, January 26, 2020The Hochmoselbrücke, or High Mosel Bridge, stretches 1.7 kilometers (1 mile) across and 160 meters (524 feet) above the Mosel River in western Germany. Within Germany, the new bridge in the Rhineland-Palatinate is second only to the 185-meter-high Kochertal bridge in the southern state of Baden-Württemberg. Read more: World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Germany's Harz region Authorities expect about 25,000 vehicles a day to cross the bridge that now provides a direct link between the regions of Eifel and Hunsrück. Several hundred people gathered for the bridge's opening on Thursday. Over the weekend, thousands of pedestrians crossed the bridge by foot as part of the opening festivities. "Today is a good day for the Rhineland-Palatinate," said State Premier Malu Dreyer. She added that she was convinced "that the bridge will help advance our economically strong state even further and will strengthen ties between the people in Eifel and Hunsrück." Europe's largest construction project The controversial building project kicked off eight years ago. Some critics argued that the massive bridge would destroy the area's idyllic vineyard landscape, while environmentalists argued it would pollute the ground water. Others spoke out against the cost. The building of the bridge was part of a greater road project that included the construction of an additional 25 kilometers (16 mile...https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-second-highest-traffic-bridge-opens/a-51355455
Dead gardener left booby traps behind to target his enemies, German police warn - Fox News
Tuesday, April 23, 2019Authorities in Germany are warning anyone who may have had a conflict with a recently deceased gardener to be on the lookout, after an apparent set of booby-trapped bombs left one dead and two hurt.Rhineland-Palatinate Police said in a news release that gardener Bernhard Graumann, 59, was found dead in his bed in Mehlinhen, near Kaiserslautern in west Germany, on Friday night.Earlier that day, a 64-year-old doctor in a nearby town was found dead in front of his practice after an explosion. Police believe the bomb may have been in a package that was left in front of the office as part of a "booby trap" which the doctor picked up, triggering the blast.MAN ADMITS KILLING AIRBNB GUEST AT AUSTRALIA HOME OVER UNPAID $149 BILLTwo days later, an "explosive-engineered log" exploded in a wood-burning stove at a home about five miles from where Graumann lived, according to police. A woman and her 4-year-old daughter were injured in that blast.
Police in Germany are warning anyone who may have had a conflict with a recently deceased doctor to be on the lookout for booby traps.
(iStock)Police said all three had been known to Graumann, who either had a "personal or business" connec...https://www.foxnews.com/world/dead-german-gardener-suspected-of-planting-trail-of-bombs-as-revenge-plot-against-neighbors
German teachers fined for treating wasp sting with heated fork - DW (English)
Tuesday, April 23, 2019Hesse were fined for causing bodily harm with their questionable home remedy for a student's wasp sting. The incident occurred during a school trip to a youth hostel in the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate in May 2017, when a 14-year-old student was stung by a wasp. In response, a 39-year-old male teacher heated the handle of a fork with a lighter and pressed it on the boy's hand where he'd been stung. After a blister formed, another 40-year-old female teacher cut it open and treated the wound with cream. The student's lawyer said that as a result of the sting, the boy had to wear a protective glove for a considerable period of time. The German daily Bild reported that the boy's hand became infected and that he wasn't able to attend an internship as a result. A district court in Cochem fined the male teacher €2,700 ($3,160) for causing bodily harm. The female teacher was fined €2,500 ($2,900) for both assisting and causing bodily harm to the student. The decision was made last Thursday, a court spokesperson said, adding that the judgement is not yet final, as a timeline for appealing the decision has not yet passed.
All about the birds and the bees... As sweet as honey They are the pollination super stars...https://www.dw.com/en/german-teachers-fined-for-treating-wasp-sting-with-heated-fork/a-45505055